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Accession Number: 90-005

Title

Biography / History

Victoria County, formally established in 1860, is comprised of the Townships of Bexley, Carden, Dalton, Eldon, Emily, Fenelon, Laxton, Digby, Longford, Manvers, Mariposa, Ops, Somerville, and Verulam. The town of Lindsay in Ops Township is the county seat. The County is bordered in the north by the Muskoka District, in the east by Haliburton and Peterborough Counties, in the south by Lake Scugog and the Regional Municipality of Durham, and in the west by Durham and Simcoe Counties. It covers a 2 169 square kilometre area. The land in Victoria County was first opened for settlement in 1821 and the first settlers were mainly Irish, both Protestant and Catholic, and Scottish Presbyterians. By 1880, lumbering was firmly established as the main industry in the County. Quickly the region was stripped of its forests, and it was not until the 1920's that an interest in reforestation developed. Today, Victoria County is a prime grain producing region. As well, chemical industries and tourism make up the present day economic picture of the County. (Taken from: Mika, Nick and Helma. "Places in Ontario, Part III." Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1983.)

Custodial History

This fonds was created by and in the custody of Victoria County before it was donated to the Trent University Archives.

Scope and Content

This fonds consists of 575 bound volumes of Victoria County administrative and financial records and court records. It includes 228 local business journals, day books, ledgers, County council material, criminal justice accounts and court documents. Genealogical resource.

Notes

Title based on content of fonds.

This fonds was donated by Victoria County.

Restrictions: 90 restriction on Clerk of the Peace Records

Finding aids: Y

Associated material located at the National Archives of Canada and the Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

For related records see: 74-1014, 78-001, 84-020 and 88-011.

Trent University Archives gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canadian Council of Archives in the processing of this fonds.

Finding Aid

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:

The Victoria County Court Records have been divided into two major categories, bound volumes and unbound documents. When researching check both categories for desired information.

Re: SERIES A, B, & C - BOUND VOLUMES - (Within the pages of many of the volumes found in these series there are occasional loose documents which refer to specific entries on the pages of insertion. Please handle each volume carefully and ensure that each loose document handled is returned to its original location within the volume).

Re: SERIES D - X - UNBOUND DOCUMENTS

Note: A 90-year restriction applies to Series C (Part 3) through Series H.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SERIES A: INDIVIDUAL COMPANY BUSINESS RECORD BOOKS

(Part 1) Company Business Records, Victoria County - listed alphabetically by proprietor's name

(NOTE: As in Series K, Series L-W consist of many types of County Council documents. However, the latter documents were received unbundled and have, therefore, been sorted according to type of document. Therefore, it is necessary to consult both Series K and Series L-W when researching a particular area.

#108 - Read, ___: "Lumber Account - Wood & Lumber & Slabs Sold 1937", 1937 - 1939 (Note: No positive proof that this book belonged to [ ] Read but probable because of statement attached to page of book which reads "Read Bros. Lumber Co." and because of lumber business-related entries in book)

(Note: see also Series D Box 15 Folders 1-3 for documents related to H. Workman)

#162 - Workman, H.: "Journal", Jan. 1884 - Oct. 1894 (Note: Although it is not positive that this journal belongs to H. Workman, it is highly probable as there are numerous loose documents throughout the journal with the name H. Workman, ie. invoices, statements)

#59 - (Note: Although not indicated this book possibly belonged to S.C. Wood County Treasurer (or T. Matchett County Treasurer) as it is attached by glue to 2 other books belonging to S.C. Wood County Treasurer - see #60 and #61), Oct. 1, 1875 - July 31, 1883

#74 - "Auditor's Reports `2' County of Victoria - Detailed Statement of the Receipts of the Corporation of the County of Victoria as per Treasurer's Books for the Year ending December 31, 1881"

#75 - "Auditors Reports County of Victoria No. 3 - Statement in detail of the Receipts of the County of Victoria as per Treasurer's Books for the Year ending December 31, 1890"

#76 - "Auditors Reports `4' County of Victoria - Statement in detail of the Receipts of the Corporation of the County of Victoria as per Treasurer's Books for the Year ending December 31, 1901"

#77 - "Auditors Reports `5' County of Victoria - Statement in detail of the General Receipts of the Corporation of the County of Victoria as per Treasurer's Books for the Year ending December 31, 1910"

#78 - "Auditors Reports `6' County of Victoria - Statement in detail of the General Receipts of the Corporation of the County of Victoria as per Treasurer's Books for the Year ending December 31, 1924"

Note: #58 - #61 seem to be related but are undefined (there is a possibility that these belonged to Judge Dean based on a loose telephone message addressed to him in the first book - there is reference to `plaintiffs' and `defendants' throughout all four)

7-9: County Court & Division Court (Note: the court cases in folders 7-9 were numbered at the origin - included (in folder 7) are two original indexes to the court cases found in these folders, one alphabetical, and one numerical)

4: Miscellaneous documents: "Letters of Administration to the estate of Joseph McCraken..." 1860 "In the Surrogate Court of the County of Victoria in the Goods of Richard Dunn" 1893 blank form "Surrogate Court... By Zacheus Burnham, Esquire, Surrogate of the County of Ontario..."

Note: Boxes 21-24 contain bundles of criminal justice accounts which have been maintained in original document order with original bundle labeling information. Each bundle may contain any of the following: Return of Prisoners Sheriff Fees Constable Fees Coroner Fees Crown Witness Pay Accounts Councillor Allowances Sundries for Gaol Accounts Board of Audit Accounts Medical Witness Accounts Return of Fines, Fees, & Costs of Police Magistrate (Note: See Series K (County Council Reports...), which has also been maintained in original bundle order, for similar Police Magistrate documents)

(Note: Boxes 27-29 contain bundles of tax & land documents which have been maintained in the original document order with original bundle labelling information. Each bundle may contain any of the following: tax sales, warrants, certificates, statements of lands patented, sheriff's return of lands in arrears for taxes, lists of lands to be sold for taxes, etc. - See also Boxes 30-31 for sorted documents)

(Note: Boxes 32-35 contain bundles of County Council reports, documents, & accounts which have been maintained in original document order with original bundle labeling information. Each bundle may contain any of the following: Statements & reports: of public libraries, public schools, art schools, women's institutes, farmer's institutes, agricultural societies, local municipalities, the Children's Aid Society, the county police magistrate (see Series H Boxes 21-24 for similar police documents), Victoria Rifle Association, The House of Refuge, Lindsay Law Association, County Plowman's Association, The Trent Valley Canal Project; of auditors; of the committee on the equalization of assessment rolls, on education, on county property, on finance & assessment, on roads & bridges, on printing, etc.

(Note: Some documents of particular interest from each bundle have been noted in the following section. There are many un-noted documents as well.)

Box 32

1865-1866 "Document Transfer Case #1"

Bundle #1: - petitions for road improvements 1865

1867-1870 "Document Transfer Case #2" (no bundle #1)

Bundle #2: - list of constables summoned by the Sheriff of the County Judge's Criminal Court between June 13-17, 1876; July 19- 20, 1876 - Sheriff Kempt's pay list for grand jurors attending the court of general sessions, June 13-18, 1876 - pay list for petit jurors, court of general sessions, June 18-18, 1876 - order signed June 20, 1876 by Fenelon Township Justice of the Peace, J.D. Taylor, directing the Victoria County treasurer to pay a six dollar wolf bounty to Benjamin Cooney for killing a wolf in the Township of Digby in March 1876 - a request to the Victoria County treasurer dated May 4, 1876 by county coroner Thomas Poole to pay William Kempt a five dollar fee for appearing as a medical witness at a coroner's inquest

Bundle #3: - letter of August 20, 1872 from Dr. W.J. Palmer, principal of the Ontario Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Belleville to Victoria County Council outlining a communication from J.W. Langmuir, office of inspector of asylums & prisons; Palmer's letter suggests that 150 deaf mutes across the province may not be at the institution because their parents or friends are unable to pay tuition; Palmer asks the county council to consider funding tuition for local indigent deaf mutes and asks that the matter be put on county council's agenda - application of Henry Hughes, dated January 26, 1869, to Victoria County Council, requesting that he be appointed to the position of "Inspectorship of Weights and Measures" - December 13, 1869 report from the committee on education recommending annual examination of teachers be done in Kirkfield and Bobcaygeon, but not in Omemee and Oakwood - tariff of legal fees March 1866 - Margaret Brady $1.20 claim for making clothes for jail inmates - document contains full tariff of fees for coroners, constables and medical witnesses - August 27, 1869 inspector's report of conditions at the Lindsay jail - five persons were under confinement, three males and two females - conditions at the jail were said to be clean and orderly - September 1868 grand jury indictment of Robert McKenzie, accusing him of stabbing Donald Tolmie in Fenelon Township on August 10, 1868, committing the offence of assault causing bodily harm - June 15, 1870 report of the special committee appointed to consider and report on the relations between the Attorney General of Ontario and the Municipal Corporation of the County of Victoria respecting the repairs of the gaol. "Your committee regrets that the Attorney General has thought proper to institute proceedings to compel the Corporation of the County of Victoria to rebuild the cells and repair the gaol..." - the jail had been constructed from funds from "The Upper Canada Building Fund set apart in 1859"

1871-1874 "Document Transfer Case #3"

Bundle #1: - petition for incorporation of the Village of Bracebridge in the Township of Macaulay and County of Victoria 1874

Bundle #2: - petition for a new high school 1873 - letter from a teacher representing the trustees of a school re: The Public School Act of Ontario and the issue of parents' responsibility in sending their children to school (undated) - letter from trustees of Omemee high school to the warden and council requesting that the districts of the high school be enlarged so as to ease the burden on the local tax-payers 1872 - letter from Department of Public Instruction for Ontario re: change of text books in the public schools [1872]

Bundle #3: - petition from Lindsay lawyers protesting the decision to build a new registry office on the courthouse property - the petitioners claimed it would be inconvenient because it would be too far from the "business part of the town" 1873

(no Bundles #4 or #5)

Bundle #6: - letter of application to the warden of Victoria County for the position of "Examiner of School Teachers" 1874 - report of special committee appointed to report as to a site for a new registry office 1873 - a by-law to form a new school section in Verulam 1873 - incorporation of village of Omemee - list of inhabitants 1873 - petition to council requesting the establishment of quarterly fairs on such dates so as not to interfere with other fairs in the county 1872 - petition re: imported course grains - "An injustice is done to the farmers of the Province of Ontario by the policy of the Dominion Government in allowing coarse grains to be imported into this country from the U.S. free of duty" - petition to county council from high and public school boards, Lindsay, to use the land on which a long-neglected cemetary was situated for school purposes 1874

1875-1876 "Document Transfer Case #4"

Bundle #1: - certificate for a deputy-reeve of the township of Fenelon, certifying election result, signed by township clerk, Thomas Lockhart 1875 - 1876 address from Warden John Fell to members of county council outlining matters of concern to be dealt with at the session beginning that day - among the issues to be discussed were the equalization of assessment rolls for various townships in the county and cost-sharing in the area of the administration of justice with the county of Haliburton - 1876 report of public school inspectors, ie. "Your inspectors are happy to be able to report that the character of the teaching is gradually improving though there is still room for further advance. It is to be regretted that some of our best and most experienced teachers annually leave the profession owing to the unwillingness of trustees to pay a salary equal to what they can obtain in other employment" - 1876 letter from Jason Morrissey of Downeyville to warden threatening legal action against the county council if Cowan's Bridge isn't made passable - 1875 letter from W.H. Frazier, secretary of the Ontario Advisory Board, Canadian Commission, International Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, soliciting the county's co-operation in enlisting local agricultural societies to provide field product entries for the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia

1877-1878 "Document Transfer Case #5"

Bundle #1: - petition of the ratepayers of Woodville in the matter of incorporation of Woodville as police village 1877

Bundle #2: - letter to council from Judge Dean pointing out the county courthouse is also to be the courthouse for the town of Lindsay by statute 1878 - resolution from the county of Huron council to the lieutenant-governor-in- council asking the province to establish a "House of Refuge" for indigents suffering from incurable diseases - invitation to council to ride the Victoria Railway to Kinmount 1878

Bundle #3: - letter from John Belcher to W. Russell re: the bridge over the Little Bob River (mentions the Boyd family) 1877 - complaint from Edward Woods in regards to patent of hot air heating furnaces 1877 - report of the school inspector, on such issues as changing school building materials from wood to brick, and bringing school districts up to provincial standard 1877 - list of patients from Victoria County on county assistance at Toronto Eye & Ear Infirmary (includes names, length of stay, and home addresses) 1877 - letter of instructions from assistant secretary to county clerk on how lunatics were to be removed from the county jail to the asylum - affidavit against Victoria County in regards to the loss of a horse caused by faulty bridge construction

1879-1880 "Document Transfer Case #6"

(no Bundle #1)

Bundle #2: - letter from Toronto General Hospital re: a patient of Victoria County with a "loathsome skin disease" who had left the hospital of his own free will "to die at home" and against the wishes of the medical superintendent of Toronto General Hospital 1880 - summary Muskoka examinations - list of students and marks 1879

(no Bundle #3)

Bundle #4: - "For the Warden" from the inspector of prisons respecting the inspector's suggestion that the gaol locks of the Lindsay gaol be replaced as the ones in place could be easily picked 1879

Box 33

Bundle #5: - "To the Warden" - report of J.H. McFaul Headmaster Model School - writes of the inadequacy of Normal Schools and of the great work of the newly established (1877) Model Schools 1880 - general circular from Adam Crooks, Ministry of Education, of amendments in the school law 1879

Bundle #6: - "For the Warden" from secretary of Governor General enclosing His Excellency's reply to the address of the County Council of Victoria 1878

Bundle #7: - "To the Honorable the Commons of Canada in Parliament Assembled" 1879 - a memorial from the warden of the County of Victoria, ie. "your Memorialists therefore earnestly pray that your Honorable Body will be pleased to take such steps as may be necessary to ensure the opening of the Trent Valley Canal, between Trenton & Lake Huron, with the least possible delay" with a list of 13 arguments for the proposed canal, estimated cost of "less than $3,000,000" - two letters from doctors to the County Council of Victoria requesting that the county give aid to William Cavanaugh and his family, William Cavanaugh having had an attack of apoplexy and thereby suffering from paralysis and unable to supply the necessaries of life for himself and family 1880 - Trent Valley Canal - invitation from H. Calcutt, proprietor of Calcutt's Line of Steamers, to join in the reception of Charles Tupper, Minister of Railways and Canals, and to accompany him over the route from Hastings to Peterborough 1880

1881-1882 "Document Transfer Case #7"

Bundle #1: - letter to Municipal Corporation of the County of Victoria from the reeves of Bracebridge, Macaulay, and Monck asking for aid from the county for the many inhabitants of the district of Muskoka who had lost "all their crops, fences, stock, barns, and dwellings... furniture and clothing" in extensive and disastrous bush fires 1881 - petition to have the township of Oakley separated from Draper 1882 - from the Minister of Education "instructions for the guidance of public school inspectors, as to the duration, renewal and endorsement of third class public school teachers' certificates and their extension; also as to the granting of third class district certificates and of temporary certificates " 1882 - circular for general information as to textbooks from the Minister of Education 1882 - a letter from The Toronto Prisoners' Aid Association to the clerk of the municipality explaining the aims and achievements of "this very worthwhile and beneficial organization" and requesting that each municipality consider setting up individual associations similar to that in Toronto arguing that only 25% of the Toronto gaol prisoners belong to Toronto or County of York, the remainder being from other municipalities

Bundle #2: - contract, etc. of the Fenelon Falls bridge

(no bundle #3)

Bundle #4: - report of the special committee appointed to investigate the manner in which the county grants to Emily in 1879 and 1880 were expended by the then reeve Mr. Thomas Stephenson

1883-1884 "Document Transfer Case #8"

(no Bundles #1 & #2)

Bundle #3: - "For the Warden" from the reeve of Omemee respecting the decay and dangerous condition of the bridge across Pigeon River on King Street

Bundle #5: - "For the Warden" from the inspector of asylums respecting pauper lunatics re: the "unnecessary expense and inconvenience... of sending pauper lunatics to an asylum without first learning whether the lunatic could be admitted" 1884 - maintenance account re: Lizzie Connell and child 1884

Bundle #6: - "For the Warden" from the Right Honourable Sir John Macdonald respecting petition for amendment of chapters of telegraph and telephone companies in the matter of shade trees" 1883

1885-1886 "Document Transfer Case #9"

Bundle #1: - two petitions, one against the formation of a new union school at Glenarm Eldon & Fenelon, argument being that the tax payers had only just paid the last installment on the "New Brick School", and one for the formation of a new union school 1885 - "For the Warden" - copy of a resolution from county clerk of Peterborough asking for united influence of several municipalities "to form a deputation to wait on the Dominion Government during the present session, to urge upon it the advisability of giving a further and more substantial grant of money towards construction of the said Canal" 1885 - draft petition to the Attorney-General for amendments to the Ditches and Watercourses Act 1886 - "For the Warden" from clerk County of Ontario respecting immigration - resolution passed by County of Ontario commenting on the disadvantages of allowing immigrants to come to Canada 1885 - "For the Warden" from the president of Canada Land Law Amendment Association enclosing copy of petition to legislature respecting the Torrens System of land transfer 1886 - "For the Warden" from Conservation of Forests respecting tree-planting 1886

Bundle #2: - various road commissioner's reports and other reports

Box 34

Bundle #3: - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Carleton, enclosing copy of resolution relating to asylums for idiots 1885 - copy of a resolution which aims to "take into consideration means for providing additional accommodation for the maintenance and protection of those unfortunate beings [idiots]..." - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Waterloo, enclosing copy of memorial to legislature respecting regulation of width of tires on wagons and carts, calling for regulations because of damage to roads from tires which are too narrow 1885 - "For the Warden" from John Leishman claiming damages for injury to team of horses which fell over bridge which was in great need of repair in Bracebridge 1885 - draft of petition to House of Commons respecting the need for a legalized standard for showing the weight of salt contained in a barrel 1886 - "For the Warden" from the Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries acknowledging receipt of petition re: close-season for maskinonge and bass 1886 - claim from John Montgomery for damages to horse and sulkey - "For the Warden" from Major General Sir Fred Middleton acknowledging receipt of engrossed resolution of thanks for services in the North West Rebellion 1886 - "For the Warden" from Sir A.P. [Carm] Minister of Militia acknowledging receipt of engrossed resolution of thanks for services in the North West Rebellion 1886

Bundle #4: - "For the Warden" from the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, respecting the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, England 1886 (includes general plan of the exhibition and a request for interesting art items, photographs, etc. from the various municipalities in Canada) - also thank you letter from above exhibition committee for sending 5 barrels of apples - applications from various doctors for the position of gaol physician and surgeon for the County of Victoria 1885

1887-1888 "Document Transfer Case #10"

Bundle #1: - "For the Warden" from the resident physician at the Home for Incumbles respecting admission of incumble person confined in gaol 1887 - "For the Warden" from the superioress of the House of Providence respecting admission of incumble person confined in gaol 1887 - report of plowing match 1888 - a by-law to authorize the warden to give the necessary security required to carry the cost of the Corporation of the County of Victoria vs the Corporation of the County of Peterborough to the Supreme Court re: dispute over maintenance and repair costs of the bridges over the river in the village of Bobcaygeon, etc. (plus a by-law to provide for the repair of the said bridge) - from reeve of Verulum re: Gardener Hunter confined in gaol - request to have him removed from gaol to some place of boarding for #3/week - "For the Warden" from the sanitary inspector, Lindsay, respecting insanitary condition of the office of the local registrar of the High Court of Justice 1888 - "For the Warden" from Dr. Degrassi gaol surgeon calling attention to a resolution of council respecting care of sick prisoners 1888

Bundle #2: - "For the Warden" from the clerk, city of Kingston, enclosing copy of resolution relative to university education (Queen's) 1887 - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Hastings, enclosing copy of memorial condemning practice of confining lunatics in gaols 1886 - College of Pharmacy excerpts of statutes relating to sale of poisons - petition to the county council re: game protection [1887] - "For the Warden" from Dr. Burrows applying for position of gaol surgeon and enclosing testimonials 1887 (plus other applications for same position) - draft petition to Lieut. Governor in Council for increased accommodation for insane persons 1887 - "For the Warden" from the Secretary to the Governor General conveying Her Majesty's thanks for the address of congratulation sent by the Council 1887

1889-1891 "Document Transfer Case #11"

Bundle #1: - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Welland, enclosing copy of petition to legislative assembly praying that inspectors be appointed for carrying out the provisions of the act for prevention of spreading noxious weeds, etc. 1891 - "For the Warden" from the Secretary of the Board of Trade, Lindsay, with resolution of the board favoring the establishment of a House of Refuge 1890 - "For the Warden" from the Secretary of Board of Education, Lindsay, calling attention to vacancy in board caused by death of Adam Hudspeth, county solicitor (also applications for the position of county solicitor after A. Hudspeth's death) - "For the Warden" from R.W. Phipps, Department of Agriculture, Toronto, respecting preservation of forest trees - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Lanark, enclosing drafts of petitions to Lieutenant-Governor respecting establishment of a Model Farm (& Agricultural College) in eastern Ontario 1890 - "From chairman, Nicholl's Hospital, Peterborough, re: Godfrey (reply to a request from Dr. Degrassi, Lindsay, to have a patient admitted to the Nicholl's Hospital - accepted at #3.50/week - further reply from superintendent, St. Joseph's Hospital, Peterborough, allowing admittance to the hospital at $2.00/week "in consideration for her being a poor woman") - "For the Warden" - the report of the sub-committee of the standing committee on agriculture and colonization, House of Commons 1890 - report of the House of Refuge committee 1890

Bundle #2: - "For the Warden" from the clerk, County of Oxford, enclosing copy of petition to Governor General in Council praying that a law may be passed prohibiting the incorporation, manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors 1888 - Daily Evening Review, Peterborough, Jan. 26, 1889, with article entitled "The County Council - The Closing Session of the County Legislature" - invitation to council to attend the opening of Lindsay Collegiate Institute (Hon. G.W. Ross, Minister of Education, to be present) - "For the Warden" from Adam Hudspeth, M.P., acknowledging receipt of and promising attention to petitions to respective Ministers at Ottawa respecting the establishment of a Militia Battalion at Lindsay... 1889 - minutes of the first annual meeting of the Provincial Association of Public and High School Trustees of Ontario 1887 - detailed statement of expenditures re: reception of the Governor General [1890] - correspondence from the superior of St. Joseph's Hospital, Peterborough, respecting Mary Godfrey 1891 - draft petition to Legislative Assembly respecting control of gaols 1891 - draft memorial to Sir John A. McDonald, Minister of Railways, for further subsidy of the Lindsay Bobcaygeon Pontypool Railway 1891

1891-1893 "Document Transfer Case #12"

Bundle #1: - 1892 statement of account from Moore & Jackson for legal services in reference to the county's application to the Legislative Assembly for a bill to amend the Harvey (Township) Act of 1879 - report of the legislative committee re: Harvey Act amendment, appointed by the Victoria county council 1892 - "Code of Regulations adopted for the use of County Flag as a mark of public's respect" - directions for flying flag at half-mast on the occasion of the deaths of certain officials 1892 - County of Victoria public school regulations for high school "entrance and leaving" examinations, and "non- professional teacher's" examinations - "Agriculture and Temperance" were optional exam areas for students 1892 - application from William Duffus, architect and engineer, applying for the vacant county engineer's post 1892 - annual report of the Mechanics Institute for the Town of Lindsay's reading rooms at the corner of Kent and William streets (2720 books borrowed in the preceding year by patrons) 1892

Bundle #2: - petition from Victoria County Council to the Ontario Legislative Assembly asking that proposed legislation be dropped that would reduce size of county council and change representation from elected to appointed 1892 - petition from Victoria County Council to the Ontario Legislative Assembly, asking that jury trials be abolished in actions where plaintiffs are sueing a municipality for injuries sustained because of poorly repaired highways

Box 35

Bundle #3: - petition against the incorporation of Sturgeon Point 1893 - petition for the reparation of landholders whose farms adjoin railways 1893 - lists of licensed pedlars and auctioneers, Victoria County - petition against liquor and memorial from the Dominion Alliance for the total suppression of liquor traffic - petition from the County of Wentworth calling for the abolition of market fees - address to the grand jury re: crimes against women, types of prisoners, condition of property 1893

Bundle #4: - petition of the Victoria County Council for the the "extension of the Torrens System of Land Transfer" to the County of Victoria 1892 - "For the Warden" - copy of memorial to House of Commons praying for amendment of regulations respecting ocean shipment of cattle 1891 - correspondence re: specifications for an addition to the county court house 1891 - "For the Warden" from Joseph Pope acknowledging on behalf of Lady McDonald the memorial relating to the death of Sir John A. McDonald 1891 - "For the Warden" from St. Vincent de Paul Society respecting the case of Bryan Murtha, an elderly man, confined in gaol 1891 - an act respecting the Township of Harvey in the County of Peterborough 1891 - return of expenditure on indigent poor 1890 - return of expenditure on charity 1891

1894-1896 "Document Transfer Case #13"

(no bundle #1)

Bundle #2: - offer of a property for a House of Refuge 1895 - petition from Kent County regarding sheep-killing dogs and a tax on all dogs - incorporation of "The Home, Lindsay" (home for the aged, needy and indigent) 1896

Bundle #3: - petition for a county poorhouse - letter from R. Christie in regards to assigning a lunatic 1895

Bundle #4: - petition from county council to the Legislative Assembly, asking that the powers of assessment held by incorporated cities, towns and villages between July 1st and September 30th be extended to township municipalities 1894 - report of the standing committee on education indicating a "large percentage of pupils were failing the high school entrance examination" - committee recommended "no action be taken for the present year" 1894 - report of the standing committee on education recommending that a request by public school inspectors for typewriters in their offices be denied 1894 - letter for County Crown Attorney A.P. Devlin asking council to reconsider an earlier decision denying a telephone for his office 1894

1896-1898 "Document Transfer Case #14"

Bundle #1: - report of the Children's Aid Society re: placements - memorial from Frontenac County for items to be granted on free trade - petition from the merchants of Victoria County against pedlars - report of the registry office committee regarding a conflict of interest in Omemee

Bundle #2: - N. McDonald to the Warden in regards to fines from an assault case 1898 - E. Sharpe to the Warden asking for a grant for the Home for the Aged 1898

Bundle #3: - letter from Sister M. Vincent of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Peterborough to Victoria County treasurer, Thomas Matchett, explaining that the cost of burial for Protestants at Little Lake Cemetery was higher than for Roman Catholics in the Roman Catholic Cemetery because the Sisters of St. Joseph had their own plot for Catholic patients who died at St. Joseph's Hospital 1896 - invoice of Aug. 1, 1896 from The Bell Telephone Company of Canada (Ltd.) to County of Victoria in reference to a $21.00 annual rental fee for a "telephone apparatus"

Bundle #4: - petitions to the Governor General in regards to the Trent Canal 1897

1898-1899 "Document Transfer Case #15"

Bundle #1: - June 10, 1899 annual report of the East Victoria public school inspector noting that Empire Day celebrations in schools were held May 23, 1899 and "I called attention to the fact that, by a happy thought of the surveyor, a large number of the streets of Lindsay were named after royal personages and eminent British and Canadian statesmen, many of whom have done much to advance and enable the history of the Empire"

Bundle #2: - "For the Warden" from the Secretary of State acknowledging receipt of petition for establishment of a Court of Arbitration for adjustment of disputes between railway companies & organized bodies of employees 1899 - "For the Warden" from the secretary of the Prisoners' Aid Association transmitting draft of petition to the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario respecting reformatory treatment of inebriates 1899 - "For the Warden" respecting the maintenance by the county of Thomas Winter, a man "entirely without means..." 1899

Box 36

Bundle #3: - petition to Minister of Railways & Canals stating that the Trent Canal is causing floods, death and disease and that there is need for action - letter from Isaac Ried requesting that his son be the county representative at the Ontario Agricultural College 1898

1900-1902 "Document Transfer Case #16"

Bundle #1: - annual report of the Children's Aid Society 1900-1901 - Victoria County Historical Association notice respecting the objectives of the association and invitation to the warden and members of the County Council to second annual meeting 1901 - report of the East Victoria Women's Institute to the Victoria County Council 1902

1903-1905 "Document Transfer Case #17"

Bundle #1: - annual report of the Board of Management, Home for the Aged 1903 - annual report of the Children's Aid Society 1904 - reports of West Victoria Women's Institute 1904, 1905

1906-1907 "Document Transfer Case #18"

Bundle #1: - report of Victoria Historical Society and appeal for assistance in carrying on its work [1906] - "Feebled Minded in Ontario: Special Report & Census" by Dr. Helen MacMurchy, Toronto 1907 (16 page published report "on the care of the feeble-minded in Ontario")

1908-1910 "Document Transfer Case #19"

Bundle #1: - reprint of a report of the Children's Aid Society 1908 entitled "The Children's Aid Society and Its Good Work" - mentions particular children under the guardianship of the `society'

SERIES L: EDUCATION DOCUMENTS

Box 37

Folder:

1: 1864-1885 - Miscellaneous correspondence and documents, ie.: - correspondence from `Department of Public Instruction of Ontario, Toronto' 1864-1871 - letter "To the Warden" and related documents re: the "Protestant Separate School Section" and the matter of employment of Protestant and Roman Catholic teachers within the schools, 1874 - "apportionment of Legislative Public School Grant for 1878" - letters of application for the position of trustee in the town of Lindsay 1885 - etc.

1864:- Kennedy & The Municipal Corporations of the County of Peterborough and Victoria

16:

1865:- O'Keefe & Alexander

1866:- Browne & Walker

1867:- Scully & Pullman - Scully & Thompson [1867]

1872:- Croly & Staples (Warden of Victoria County)

1874:- The Municipal Corporation of Victoria & Nicolle et al

1876:- The Whitby and Port Perry Extension Railroad to County of Victoria

17:

1877:- The Port Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway Company & County of Victoria - Stephenson and Thompson & County of Victoria

1878:- Russell & Connolly (Reeve of Ops)

1881:- Barr et al & County of Victoria - Cooper and Fairman to Victoria County Council

1882:- Flood et al to County of Victoria

1883:- Barr et al to County of Victoria - County of Victoria & LeRoy et al

1884:- County of Victoria & Central Iron and Bridge Works - County of Victoria & Kennedy - County of Victoria & McNeely and Walters - Newton et al to County of Victoria

18:

1885:- Barr et al to County of Victoria

1886:- Hughes et al to County of Victoria - Wallace & County Council

1887:- Barr et al & County Council

1888:- Cooper et al & County Council - Flood et al to County of Victoria - McDonnell to County of Victoria

1889:- Bell Telephone Company & County of Victoria - Cooper et al to County of Victoria - County of Victoria & Blain et al - County of Victoria & Makins et al - County of Victoria & Woods et al - E.& C. Gurney Co. (Limited) to County of Victoria

19:

1890:- Cooper et al to County of Victoria

1891:- County of Victoria to Knowlson - County of Victoria to McDonnell - County of Victoria to McKibbon - Kills and County of Victoria

1892:- Barkley et al to Thompson - County of Victoria & County of Peterborough - Hughes et al to County of Victoria

1893:- Lytle et al to County of Victoria

20:

1894:- County of Victoria & The Victoria Electric Light Company of Lindsay (Limited) - O'Connelll to County of Victoria - Thornhill to County of Victoria - Wilson et al to County of Victoria

1895:- County of Victoria & Woods et al - Hughes et al to County of Victoria - McDonnell to County of Victoria - Ray et al to County of Victoria

1896:- Smith & Corporation of Eldon re: "Eldon drain"

1897:- Austin Manufacturing Company & County of Victoria re: stone crusher purchase - The Corporations of Northumberland and Durham and Victoria & McDermid

1898:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria - County of Victoria to Boxall - Town of Lindsay & County of Victoria - Township of Ops & County of Victoria - Maunder et al & County of Victoria - McFadden & County of Victoria

1899:- County of Victoria to Woods - Town of Lindsay & County of Victoria - Township of Emily & County of Victoria - Township of Mariposa & County of Victoria - Township of Ops & County of Victoria

21:

1901:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria

1902:- County of Victoria to Town of Lindsay

1904:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria - Brady et al & County of Victoria - Rodgers et al to County of Victoria

1905:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria (2 items) - Gray & County of Victoria

1907:- Hamilton Bridge Works Company (R. M. Roy) & County of Victoria

22:

1909:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria - Hamilton Bridge Works Company (R.M. Roy) & County of Victoria - Hungerford & County of Victoria et al - Watchman Warder & County of Peterborough

1910:- County of Victoria & County of Peterborough - Hamilton Bridge Works Company & County of Victoria -Wilson and Wilson & County of Victoria

23:

1911:- Gillies & County of Victoria - Hamilton Bridge Works Company (R.M. Roy) & County of Victoria

1912:- Taylor et al to County of Victoria - Wilson & County of Victoria

1913:- Coates and Jupp & County of Victoria - Gillies & County of Victoria - Hungerford & County of Victoria

24:

1914:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria - Wilson & County of Victoria

1915:- Gillies & County of Victoria

1916:- Martindale & Counties of Ontario and Victoria - Stratford Bridge and Iron Works Company Ltd. (Martindale) & Counties of Ontario and Victoria

1917:- Bell Telephone Company of Canada & County of Victoria - James vs County of Victoria - Watchman Warder Ltd. to County of Victoria

1928:- Davies & County of Victoria

SERIES O: PETITIONS

Box 39

(Folders 1-6)

Folder:

1: 1863

Petition of S. [Braun] and others for grant of money to build a bridge

Petition of J. McHugh late gaoler for renumeration of his wife as matron during his service as gaoler

Petition to recommend P. Marshall for the position of supplier of bread to the gaol of Lindsay

Petition to recommend H. Hughes for the position of caretaker of the court house

Petition to change the system of compensating the Inspector of Weights and Measures

Petition re: payment of tuition of Ellen Reid, "a deaf mute", at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Toronto

Petition praying for the separation of Bexley from Laxton and Digby

Petition praying for assistance to complete a road between Ops and Fenelon

Petition praying for a grant of money to improve the road between Fenelon and Verulum

Petition praying for a grant of money to improve the road between Emily and Ops

Petition praying for an increase of salary to McHugh as caretaker of the court house

Petition re: the selection of jailor of the county

2: 1864

Petition requesting that a road be built along the base line between Carden and Eldon

Petition from settlers of township of Draper to be exempt from Dalton municipality

1865 Petition praying for the improvement of the road on the west boundary of the county

Petition praying that compensation be allowed G. Shouldis for a road passing through his land

Petition praying that compensation be allowed W. McCarroll for a road passing through his land

Petition re: appointment of school trustees

1866

Petition re: the road at Gull River

Petition for remuneration for extra housekeeping duties performed at court house by housekeeper

1867

Petition requesting that a child of 10 years of age convicted of larceny be given a shorter period of imprisonment than is usually imposed because of his good family background

Petition for a grant to improve the boundary between Emily and Verulam

Petition for assistance to improve the boundary between Fenelon and Verulum north of Sturgeon Lake

Petition from an innkeeper for renumeration for loss of time and expense incurred while chasing alleged horse thieves

Petition from courthouse caretaker for increase in salary

Petition for renumeration for D. Munroe for having to build a bridge a second time, after it had been torn down

Petition for assistance to improve road between Ops and Emily

Petition for assistance in the erection of Scugog Bridge across the Scugog River south of Lindsay

Petition praying for a grant to open up the boundary between Ops and Mauvers

1868

Petition requesting that a road and bridge be built to a section of property between the townships of Draper and Macaulay

Petition for improvement of Gull Lake Road

Petition re: granting of certificates of qualification to teachers of Common Schools

Petition for compensation for damages caused by public use of a road across petitioner's land

Petition from Town of Lindsay requesting that it be assisted in aiding the poor as the poor of the entire county come to "Lindsay when reduced to the necessity of begging for a living"

3: 1869

Petition requesting financial assistance to rebuild bridge in Omemee over Pigeon River

Petition requesting $100 to finish the causeway on the town line at Eldon and Carden

Petition from W. Kempt (M.D.) requesting that he be appointed surgeon to the court house

Petition requesting renumeration for being in charge of drill shed

1870

Petition requesting $150 to repair road on townline between Ops and Mariposa

Petition requesting that a road be opened between Fenelon and Ops

Petition requesting that $100 previously granted to repair "Feins" bridge be used to do so

1871

Petition requesting that an Act be passed to incorporate a company for the purpose of constructing a proposed line of railway from Peterborough to Perth

Petition of Mossom Boyd requesting that a new swing or draw bridge be built in place of the unsafe one which obstructs the shipment of his lumber

Petition for further compensation in the matter of Portage Road contract

Petition re: treatment of drunk and disorderly persons

Petition requesting aid towards the repairing of road and bridges in Macaulay Township

Petition requesting a grant of money to improve road between Ops and Fenelon

1872

Petition praying that a quarterly fair be established in the village of Rokeby

Petition requesting a grant of money to improve road between Emily and Ennismore

Petition to His Excellency the Governor General in Council respecting Midland Harbour

Petition to Right Honorable John A. McDonald Premier re: shade trees

Petition to Legislature re: shade trees

1885

Petition respecting Pigeon Creek Bridge

1894

Petition to Minister of Education re: Muskoka Teachers Association

1898

Petition re: vagrants

Petition re: size of tires used on roads

6:

undated Petition praying that a grant be made for the improvement of Victoria Road

Petition requesting that the Council grant James Moore a sum of money equal to that which thieves stole from him, as he had suffered four large wounds to his head during the theft which had left him unable to engage in any business for a considerable length of time (approximately 160 signatures)

Petition re: boundary of Ops and Fenelon

Petition re: bridge at Bracebridge

Petition re: School Section #2 Stephenson

Petition re: road allowance through property in Verulum

Petition re: road from boundary of Verulum, west...

Petition re: School Section No.7 Verulum

Petition for grant for boundary of Ops and Emily

Petition for assistance to John Ashby for loss of horse

Petition praying that the township of Ryde be erected into a separate municipality

Note: The following files may contain any of the following: correspondence, legislative announcements, memorials, resolutions, etc. (See also Series V Box 41 Folder 1) "For the Warden"...(Folders 7-10)

plus loose in box: 7 publications entitled Journal of the Proceedings and By-laws of the Municipal Council of the County of Victoria for the years 1866, 1867, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874

SERIES T: VOUCHERS, ACCOUNTS, RECEIPTS, AND STATEMENTS

Note: The documents found within the following bundles have been maintained in original order. Examples of noteworthy documents are noted below.

loose in box: Bundles of vouchers and accounts pertaining to citizens receiving financial assistance from the county

Bundles of vouchers related to estate accounts

Bundle of general vouchers June 1925 related to Home for the Aged resident's accounts

Bundle of savings plan vouchers Jan. 1, 1938-June 30, 1969

Bundle of compensation sinking fund cheques Jan. 1, 1946 - []

15: Miscellaneous council accounts, receipts, statements: debentures 1856- 1896; pay lists, ie. salaries for work done on roads 187[]-1880; registrar's return of emoluments 1880-1883; "wolf certificates' 1863-1887; recommendation by the Warden of the County to the County Treasurer that $10 be awarded to Alexander McGregor "on account of an accident whereby his son got his leg fractured on Coboconk Bridge" 1871; etc.

SERIES U: REPORTS TO COUNTY COUNCIL

Box 40

Folder:

1: Reports to the committees appointed to draft the standing committees 1862-1884 (also lists of standing committees of the County of Victoria for 1882 & 1891)

Report of the Registrar-General of the Province of Ontario... 1873, Toronto 1875

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts for the Province of Ontario, for the year 1874, Toronto 1875

1866 B.B.B. Almanac 1926 60th edition (1926)

Canadian Almanac December 1873 (pages 17-32 and 147-162 only)

"Everyman's Library: A List of the 600 Volumes" [1912]

"Rules of the Western Canada Loan and Savings Company...", Toronto 1878

plus untitled & undated map (plasticized linen in texture) showing concessions and waterways from the boundaries of the townships of Oakley and Longford on the east side, to the boundaries of the townships of Tay and Baxter on the west side (approximately 7 ft X 3 ft)